English to English adjective
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lacking excess flesh |  | Example: you can't be too rich or too thin Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look
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lacking in mineral content or combustible material |  | Example: lean ore lean fuel
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Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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containing little excess |  | Example: a lean budget a skimpy allowance
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not profitable or prosperous |  | Example: a lean year
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical |  | Example: the tower had a pronounced tilt the ship developed a list to starboard he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
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That part of flesh which consists principally of muscle without the fat. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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to incline or bend from a vertical position |  | Example: She leaned over the banister
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cause to lean or incline |  | Example: He leaned his rifle against the wall
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have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined |  | Example: She tends to be nervous before her lectures These dresses run small He inclined to corpulence
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rely on for support |  | Example: We can lean on this man
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cause to lean to the side |  | Example: Erosion listed the old tree
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To conceal. |  | source: webster1913
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To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column. |  | source: webster1913
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To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. |  | source: webster1913
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